I thought they'd taught us how to go camping military style during basic training, but… no. And why can't they give us these umbrella tents that just pop up when you pull them out of the bag?

Because that would be too easy, of course.

It's so much more fun to watch a bunch of guys get tangled in square yards of canvas and hang themselves with miles of rope. Especially when it's raining or getting dark. We didn't make as much of a hash of it as our group did in basic training, but we were far from perfect with a couple of us newbies in the bunch. If this was choreo, we'd be here all night doing it over and over.

I gave up on learning rope tricks in the end and volunteered to cook dinner. I've always found things more fun when I knew what I was doing and cooking is relaxing. Even if I have to go and find wood and then build a fire. I can do that. And dinner turned out great. Even when the guys suggested that Yunho Chef might have done it better.